President Don Hagopian called the
meeting to order at 7:05 pm, with 39 people present. Again Rockys donated
their banquet room for our meeting.

Don Hagopian welcomed everyone for
the new year and announced some important dates (listed below). February
meeting (Feb. 17) there will be a guest speaker from the FAA . Topic:
Winter Icing. With an actual wing icing demo. Invite all pilots
to attend.

Don then introduced the manager
at WHP, John Frymyer, who updated us on what was happening.

The following is a list of things
discussed.1. EAA and Optimists and WHP will
hold their annual Air Fair May 21, 2005. They are pooling their efforts
into one function and representatives from the optimists and the EAA spoke
to the crowd to encourage participation.2. Wind Tee almost done?93. 9s will hold their annual
Poker Run on April 94. Rain has delayed the road constructionm5. oJohn Frymyer then took a few questions
from the audience.

Dave Kolstad, Treasurer, gave his
report. Checking account, after some expenses, approx.$1600.ve also reported on the Air Rallye
to be held on April 2 (weather back-up April 16) Meet at WHP at the park
benches in the morning and you will be given the route with checkpoints.
You will then have to figure out how long and how much fuel you will use,
closest calculation wins the prizes. Faster planes take off first.
Further info will follow.

Shellie Hagopian, Secretary, gave
her report. 176 members and 117 on auxiliary mailing list.5 dues are now payable, still $10
per year.

Bill Fenimore, Vice-President, reported
on the importance of new members and increasing the numbers. He also
canvassed the audience on the website usage habits. He welcomed positive
or negative feedback on ease of use or any other useful changes that we
can make to the site. 6400 people actually visited the website in
2004.